静

See also: 靜

静 U+9759, 静 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9759 ← 靘 [U+9758] CJK Unified Ideographs 靚 → [U+975A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	靜
Simplified	静
Japanese	静
Korean	靜

Han character

静 (Kangxi radical 174, 靑+6, 14 strokes, Cangjie input 手月弓尸木 (QBNSD), composition ⿰青争)

Derived characters

• 瀞

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1381, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42574
• Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4047, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9759

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 静 – see 靜 (“silent; not making a noise; still; motionless; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 靜).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	静
Kyūjitai	靜

Kanji

静

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 靜)

1. calm, quiet, silent

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Kun: しず (shizu, 静, Jōyō)^{←しづ (sidu, 静, historical)}、しずか (shizuka, 静か, Jōyō)、しずむ (shizumu, 静む)、しずめる (shizumeru, 静める, Jōyō)、しずまる (shizumaru, 静まる, Jōyō)、しずけし (shizukeshi, 静けし)
• Nanori: しずむ (shizumu)

Compounds

• 静(しず)か (shizuka, “quiet; tranquil”)
• 静心(しずこころ) (shizukokoro, “calm mind”)
• 寝静(ねしず)まる (neshizumaru, “fall asleep”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
静
せい Grade: 4
kan'on

Alternative spelling
靜 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 靜 (MC dzjengX). The kan'on, so a later borrowing than the jō reading.

First attested as a standalone noun in a text from 1648.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せー [séꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ː]

Affix

静(せい) • (sei) 

1. quiet
2. still, unmoving

Derived terms

• 静観(せいかん) (seikan)
• 静止(せいし) (seishi, “stillness; being still, calm, or motionless”)
• 静寂(せいじゃく) (seijaku, “quiet, silence, calmness”)
• 静粛(せいしゅく) (seishuku)
• 静聴(せいちょう) (seichō)
• 静養(せいよう) (seiyō)
• 冷静(れいせい) (reisei)

Noun

静(せい) • (sei) 

1. [from 1648] stillness

   静(せい)と動(どう)

   sei to dō

   stillness and movement

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
静
じょう Grade: 4
goon

Alternative spelling
靜 (kyūjitai)

/d͡ʑʲau/ → /d͡ʑɔː/ → /d͡ʑoː/

From Middle Chinese 靜 (MC dzjengX). The goon, so an earlier borrowing than the sei reading.

First attested as a standalone noun in a text from roughly 1216.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ː]

Affix

静(じょう) • (jō) 

1. still, fixed, unmoving

Derived terms

• 静注(じょうちゅう) (jōchū, “intravenous injection”)
• 静脈(じょうみゃく) (jōmyaku, “a vein (anatomy)”)

Noun

静(じょう) • (jō) ^{←じやう (zyau)?}

1. [from roughly 1216] (Buddhism) equanimity, upekkhā, a state untroubled by attachment or aversion

References

• “静”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026